Bill Text: IL HB2622 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Visitation Rights Act. Provides that an employer that terminates an employee for absences to attend school conferences is liable in a civil action for damages resulting to the employee. Imposes upon the employer the burden of proof to demonstrate that termination is not related to an employee's absence for attendance at a school conference, behavioral meeting, or academic meeting. Effective August 1, 2021.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-02-23 - Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon [HB2622 Detail]

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2622 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 147/35
Amends the School Visitation Rights Act. Provides that an employer that terminates an employee for absences to attend school conferences is liable in a civil action for damages resulting to the employee. Imposes upon the employer the burden of proof to demonstrate that termination is not related to an employee's absence for attendance at a school conference, behavioral meeting, or academic meeting. Effective August 1, 2021.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Visitation Rights Act is amended by
changing Section 35 as follows:
(820 ILCS 147/35)
Sec. 35. Employee rights.
(a) No employee shall lose any employee benefits, except
as provided for in Section 20 of this Act, for exercising his
or her rights under this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to affect an employer's obligation to comply with
any collective bargaining agreement or employee benefit plan.
Nothing in this Act shall prevent an employer from providing
school visitation rights in excess of the requirements of this
Act. The rights afforded by this Act shall not be diminished by
any collective bargaining act or by any employee benefit plan.
(b) An employer may not terminate an employee for an
absence from work if the absence is due solely to the
employee's attendance at a school conference, behavioral
meeting, or academic meeting, as provided in Section 15.
(c) An employer violating subsection (b) is liable in a
civil action for damages resulting to the employee. The
employer has the burden of proof to demonstrate that

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termination is not related to an employee's absence for
attendance at a school conference, behavioral meeting, or
academic meeting.
(Source: P.A. 101-486, eff. 8-1-20.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August
1, 2021.